Advice and Assistance Application Procedures

Advice and Assistance Application Procedures

• Applying for advice and assistance: choosing the correct category code, and advice and assistance applications on behalf of – or directly by – a child
• Assessment of your client’s financial eligibility
• Advice and assistance declaration form
• Time limit for intimation of application to us
• Multiple grants of advice and assistance
• Situations where fresh grants of advice and assistance are required for the same client in proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011
• The limit of authorised advice and assistance expenditure
• Change of nominated solicitor
• Second solicitor giving advice and assistance on the same matter
• Procedure for withdrawing from giving advice and assistance
• Private charging after a grant of advice and assistance
• Can children’s advice and assistance be given at the same time as children’s legal aid?
• Could a client receiving advice and assistance end up paying money recovered or preserved back to the Legal Aid Fund?